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  • noun Plural form of topiary.

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Examples

  • Photograph by François Halard GARDEN PARTY | Clusters of topiaries populate the courtyard at the Provence property.

    Country Living 2011

  • Photograph by François Halard TAILORED WILDERNESS | At ground level, the path to the secret grove containing the swimming pool is formally laid out, with ball topiaries and boxwood topiaries.

    Country Living 2011

  • Along the relaxing walkways, you'll stop and gaze at specimen plants, graceful trees, dramatic grasses and unusual flowerbeds, and spot topiaries, hedges, sunken gardens, fountains and a lily pond.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Exploring the Hudson Valley: A visit to Pepsico-Kendall Sculpture Garden in Purchase Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

  • Boastful, cocky and given to ordering huge topiaries cut in his image, tiny King Hugo demands that his subjects bow and scrape and listen to him adore himself: "For hours the poor villagers / endured the boring buzz / of how mighty and magnificent / King Hugo thought he was."

    King Hugo Meets His Match Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • Along the relaxing walkways, you'll stop and gaze at specimen plants, graceful trees, dramatic grasses and unusual flowerbeds, and spot topiaries, hedges, sunken gardens, fountains and a lily pond.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Exploring the Hudson Valley: A visit to Pepsico-Kendall Sculpture Garden in Purchase Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

  • Fancy knew the place well, down to the sundial and the fountains, the animal topiaries and the carefully sculpted hedges.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • She chased him across the greenscape, past quacking flamingos and topiaries shaped like butterflies.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Her reception would look like an enchanted garden, complete with floral topiaries, butterfly accents, decorative grasses and moss, chiffon and sheer fabrics, wrought-iron candelabras, and rustic urns.

    My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011

  • Animal topiaries lined the path that led from the platform and through the giant hedges that enclosed the garden.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Along the relaxing walkways, you'll stop and gaze at specimen plants, graceful trees, dramatic grasses and unusual flowerbeds, and spot topiaries, hedges, sunken gardens, fountains and a lily pond.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Exploring the Hudson Valley: A visit to Pepsico-Kendall Sculpture Garden in Purchase Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

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